
Cloudera and MongoDB Announce Product Partnership
Hadoop store software company Cloudera and leading NoSQL database MongoDB have announced a strategic all-round product partnership to better serve their converging clienteles. MongoDB’s Product Marketing Director Kelly Stirman said in a statement: “We have an enormous overlap in our customer bases”. The first fruit of the partnership is the

Dealstruck Announces Two New Products
SAN DIEGO, CA – Dealstruck, Inc, selected as the exclusive crowdlending partner to demo at FinovateSpring 2014, April 29-30 in San Jose, today unveiled two new products. The first product is an application programming interface (API) for institutional investors, which provides them with the raw data for every deal presented on

Hadoop Summit Europe: Videos & Slides
Thank you for attending Hadoop Summit Thank you for joining us at the second Hadoop Summit Europe. The event was a success thanks to the amazing Hadoop community! We hope you enjoyed being part of the event as much as we enjoyed hosting it. Conference Materials: Videos are being produced

Boosting BI Capabilities: Tibco Acquires Jaspersoft for $185m
Tibeco announced yesterday that it has acquired Jaspersoft, a company specialising in open source business intelligence tools, for $185 million. The new deal will give Tibco a larger, more diverse BI suite to sell alongside its existing Spotfire analytics product. Jaspersoft’s integration with numerous NoSQL data stores and Hadoop will give

Dell: Mid-Market Companies Starting Big Data Projects
According to the latest research from Dell, big data projects have made a significant shift from their enterprise roots to midmarket companies across the globe. The report, focused exclusively on midmarket companies, found that 41 percent of respondents have one or more big data projects underway, with another 55 percent

InsideSales.com Raises $100M to Predict Sales
InsideSales.com, a company specialising in could-based sales acceleration technology, announced today that it has raised $100 million in series C funding. Polaris Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the funding round, with participation from Salesforce, Acadia Woods, EPIC Ventures, Hummer Winbald, U.S. Venture Partners and Zetta Venture Partners. InsideSales.com provides

Microsoft Expands Its Data Center Operations in Wyoming
Microsoft announced last week that it would be expanding its data center operations in Wyoming. The tech giant will invest another $274 million in the data center, bringing the total investment in the area to almost $500 million. “Microsoft is excited to expand its datacenter operations in Cheyenne. This will ensure

Verizon Will Use Their Customers’ Data for Advertising
According to an article in the LA Times, Verizon Wireless will be “enhancing” its Relevant Mobile Advertising by monitoring customer activity on wireless devices as well as wired or Wi-Fi connected computers and laptops. “In addition to the customer information that’s currently part of the program, we will soon use

White House Big Data Study
A big data review carried out by the United States government illustrating the White House’s stance on the effect of large amounts of data on American citizens finding itself in the hands of private companies will be released soon, reports the Associated Press on Sunday. White House counselor John Podesta stated that

Connectivity Taps into Social Media Sentiments
Connectivity has recently secured funding to the tune of $6.35 million, led by Greycroft Partners and including various other investors. The technology allows businesses to track various aspects of their business across the web, including their customers, how often they return, what inclines them to purchase, how best to reach